Cottage Loaf, Reconstructed

The plan was to make a cottage loaf. But when I took the lid off the dough after it had finished proving, I found it had all spread sideways and was looking like a very large pancake! So I scraped it off the baking sheet (luckily it was a silicone, non-stick one) and put it all into a loaf tin instead, brushed the top with some egg yolk that was sitting around waiting to be used and scattered some seeds over it.

The result was very acceptable, even if I say so myself. And I felt it vindicated my belief that there are no such things as failures; we can always learn useful lessons when things don't turn out as expected!